Our veterinarians will discuss with you your pet's history, lifestyle and other factors and determine a
proper vaccination guideline and schedule.
«Another problem is that people feel, «I've never seen a pet with parvovirus or distemper, so it must not exist,»» says Dr. Link Welbourn, of Tampa Bay, FL, past president of the American Animal Hospital Association, and chair of the 2011 AAHA
Canine Vaccination Guidelines Task Force, which Schultz participated in.
Also refer to my correspondence with Professor Ronald Schultz of the WSAVA
Vaccination Guidelines Group in which Professor Schultz responds to my letter challenging over-vaccination of dogs with unnecessary «boosters».
[5] The latest WSAVA
Vaccination Guidelines for New Puppy Owners (published in May 2013) advise «the presence of circulating antibodies indicates that the dog is immune, and revaccination (with core vaccines) is not required».
The release of the
Feline Vaccination Guidelines by the American Association of Feline Practitioners / Academy of Feline Medicine earlier this year has provided cat owners and breeders alike with new information about vaccinating their cats.
Because herpes and calicivirus together account for 90 % of upper respiratory infections and Chlamydophila accounts for less than 10 % of upper respiratory infections, the American Association of Feline
Practitioner vaccination guidelines favor the «three in one» vaccine and consider the Chlamydophila vaccine optional.
«Companion
animal vaccination guidelines are currently undergoing critical scrutiny by representatives from private practice, industry, and academia.
The 2011 AAHA Canine
Vaccination Guidelines state: «Infectious core vaccines are not only highly effective, they also provide the longest DOI, extending from 5 yr up to the life of the dog.
Unlike other existing
HPV vaccination guidelines, ASCO's guideline focuses on the use of HPV vaccination specifically for the prevention of cervical cancer.
For the next three years, the VGG will be working with practitioners in South American countries to
produce vaccination guidelines specific for dogs and cats in South America.
The
core vaccination guidelines were created by the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the leading group of equine veterinarians, and are recommend annually as part of overall equine wellness.
The UC Davis
VMTH vaccination guidelines below have been based on recently published studies and recommendations made by task forces (including the AAFP / AFM Advisory Panel on Feline Vaccines, AAHA Canine Vaccine Task Force, and the AVMA Council on Biologic and Therapeutic Agents), which include representatives from academia, private practices, governmental regulatory bodies, and industry.
The UC Davis VMTH
vaccination guidelines below have been based on published studies and recommendations made by task forces (including the AAFP / AFM Advisory Panel on Feline Vaccines, AAHA Canine Vaccine Task Force, and World Small Animal Veterinary Association), which include representatives from academia, private practices, governmental regulatory bodies, and industry.
He currently serves in several national veterinary leadership roles including being the Chairman of the AAHA Canine
Vaccination Guidelines Task Force and serving as a member of the AAHA - AVMA Preventative Healthcare Guidelines Task Force.
The American Animal Hospital Association
Vaccination Guidelines give greater detail should you want to know more about immunizing your dog.
Related sites The new
flu vaccination guidelines Chiron press release about the problems Flu information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Press release about last year's IOM report, with a link to the full report
To put this in perspective, using the
traditional vaccination guidelines a cat would receive three vaccines annually during his or her fifteen year lifespan for a total of 45 vaccines, not including the initial kitten series.
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), based on guidelines established by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), identifies a list of core vaccinations and risk - based vaccinations (see AAEP
Vaccination Guidelines pages).
The required
rabies vaccinations guidelines vary from state to state and while some states have a specific interval, others refer to the label of the vaccine or the Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control.
There were some exciting updates in the 2017 Canine
Vaccination Guidelines recently released by the American Animal Hospital Association and a disappointment.
The 2011 AAHA Canine
Vaccination Guidelines offer a comprehensive review of canine vaccines currently available in North America, updated recommendations for core versus non-core vaccines, and revised recommendations for shelter - housed dogs.
Some highly regarded veterinarians, such as Drs Ronald Schultz and Jean Dodds would like to have seen additional changes to the 2011 AAHA Canine
Vaccination Guidelines before they were published.
The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) and American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) have
developed vaccination guidelines for dogs and cats.
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While international dog and cat
vaccination guidelines warn that we should decrease companion animal vaccination, i.e. «we should aim to reduce the «vaccine load» on individual animals in order to minimize the potential for adverse reactions to vaccine products» [18], vaccination of humans is increasing at a startling rate.
I supported Bea's email to Michael Day and Pfizer Animal Health (January 2013) with a call to the industry - funded WSAVA
Vaccination Guidelines Group to publicly provide an objective, simple and effective message on vaccination to pet owners.
Our veterinarians will discuss your pet's history, lifestyle and other factors (location / where you go like dog parks, where you travel, etc...) and determine a
proper vaccination guideline and schedule.
Professor Schultz is an author of the companion
animal vaccination guidelines, which acknowledge that «there is gross under - reporting of vaccine - associated adverse events, because of the passive nature of reporting schemes, which impedes knowledge of the ongoing safety of these products».
Although most veterinarians seem to follow recommendations published by the VAFSTF in 1996 (rabies, right rear; FeLV, left rear), FISS continue to be diagnosed at the interscapular region.9 Furthermore, it appears that most veterinarians prefer to administer vaccines to cats at sites above the stifle, not below, and over the right shoulder, rather than below the right elbow, as recommended in current
feline vaccination guidelines (Figure).
According to Malo, «public health interventions designed to increase HPV vaccine recommendation for males should focus on increasing recommendations by family practitioners and also identifying and supporting innovators and early adopters who may help diffuse
HPV vaccination guidelines and encourage later adopters to support the recommendations.»